Ibrahim of Ghazni

Ibrahim of Ghazni (1022-1099) was the Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1059 to 1099, succeeding Farrukh-Zad of Ghazni and preceding Musud III of Ghazni.

Biography
Ibrahim was born in 1022, the son of Musud I of Ghazni. He was a Sunni Muslim Turk, and led a large Muslim empire in Central Asia. Ibrahim was the last surviving male Ghaznavid after Tughril-Beg Mikailoglu massacred several Ghaznavid princes in 1052 and after the death of his brother Farrukh-Zad of ghazni in 1059. He became the Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire after his death, ruling over a declining empire. He had treaties and cultural exchanges with the Seljuk Empire, and the Ghaznavids reached a golden age under his rule. When he died in 1099, his son Musud III of Ghazni succeeded him.